Re: [lojban] Should I quit learning Lojban?

[Betsemes <betsemes@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 12:58 AM, shanoxilt
> I've recently been considering whether I should abandon learning Lojban in
> favor of Esperanto or Toki Pona. Thus far, it has been a difficult and
> unrewarding language. Yet, something in the back of my mind continues to
> draw me to it. What should I do?

I have been and still am struggling with learning Lojban. I knew about
Lojban some years ago while I was learning the Klingon Language
(mostly because I was a trekkie). Back then, I tried to learn both of
them and found myself struggling with both languages. As I studied
both languages I realized that 1) I was not really interested in
learning a language that cannot be used for real like Klingon was with
its severely limited vocabulary that was created to fit a fictional
alien race and not humans. 2) The whole lot of usage of gutural sounds
made me get into the (maybe wrong) feeling that I was learning
garbage. I ended up deciding I didn't like Klingon. On the other hand,
my computer science studies made Lojban even more interesting as I
learned about it. So I decided to give Lojban my full attention and
quit Klingon.

But I have been very inconsistent on learning its vocabulary. I
remember the time I first came to this list. Back then one of the
current experts, selpa'i, was not here yet. It has been a long time,
and I still cannot read a single Lojban line.

More recently, I have been doing what I think has solved my
procrastination problem; a flashcards program called Mnemosyne. I
unsuccessfuly used another flashcards program before, Cue Cards.
Mnemosyne is more robust and feature-rich while still looking clean. I
only complained about a single flaw, but now it's fixed and I'm ready
to import the whole of jbovlaste into it sorted by descending
frequency (that thread was a godsend).

So, for me, it's now or never. I think I have never had a better
opportunity. Well, working on a fictional story set on a
Lojban-speaking country has helped.

So maybe it's a matter of finding the right study way for you.

mu'o mi'e betsemes

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